Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCHv6 1/7] batman-adv: add UNICAST_4ADDR packet type

[Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>]

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On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 05:38:47 +0100, Antonio Quartulli wrote:
> The current unicast packet type does not contain the orig source address. This
> patches add a new unicast packet (called UNICAST_4ADDR) which provides two new
> fields: the originator source address and the subtype (the type of the data
> contained in the packet payload). The former is useful to identify the node
> which injected the packet into the network and the latter is useful to avoid
> creating new unicast packet types in the future: a macro defining a new subtype
> will be enough.

Hello people,

I was wondering...what about adding a "payload_size" field to the new packet?

The handling code would probably be generic enough to handle any future change
leading to a more stable compat_version (instead of increasing its value
everyday).


Cheers,

-- 
Antonio Quartulli

..each of us alone is worth nothing..
Ernesto "Che" Guevara

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